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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2021
Hitachi High-tech Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Matsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeki Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided are a specimen transport device and a specimen transport carrier capable of preventing shake of a specimen as compared with related art without limiting a transport path in electromagnetic transport. A specimen carrierincludes two or more gripping portionsconfigured to support specimen containershaving different diameters from different directions, and a transport surfaceon which the specimen carrieris to slide. The specimen carrierincludes a direction adjustment unit configured to adjust a traveling direction of the specimen carrierwhen the specimen carrierslides on a surface of the transport surface, such that a direction of a force with which one of the two or more gripping portionsgrips the specimen containeris opposite to the traveling direction of the specimen carrier